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September 6, 2004

Galwey, Mount

Mount Galwey is an excellent scramble in Waterton Lakes National Park in southern Alberta. I thought it deserved its...
September 5, 2004

Yamnuska, Mount

Mount Yamnuska is a very fun, fast mountain. It is right in the way of the warm Chinook winds...
September 4, 2004

Tecumseh, Mount

Mount Tecumseh doesn't seem like a very popular mountain. It hasn't seen a whole lot of ascents over the...
September 2, 2004

Ward, Mount & Allison & Window

Mount Ward was an enjoyable scramble in the Crowsnest Pass area. It presented very few difficulties and was  quite...
September 1, 2004

Crowsnest Mountain

Crowsnest Mountain has long been a goal of mine - it just sounded like a lot of fun! It...
August 27, 2004

Moose Mountain

Niko's first summit! While Hanneke and KC were gone to Manitoba for a wedding, Niko and I hiked his...
July 10, 2004

Collembola, Mount

On July 10 2004, Wes, Ed and I headed up the Centennial Ridge trail with Mount Collembola, not Mount...
July 9, 2004

Dolomite Peak

Sonny sent me an email on Monday saying that he was planning to do a scramble on Friday evening...
July 3, 2004

Cirque Peak

What a day! We dragged the kids all the way to Helen Lake! Actually they did very amazing. KC...
July 2, 2004

Gap Mountain

Friday afternoon found me scrambling up this short but enjoyable mountain. I thought for sure I would run into...
June 26, 2004

Kidd, Mount North

What a day! With the weather reports predicting a perfect scrambling day on Saturday, Sonny and I hooked up...
June 7, 2004

Woodland Caribou – 2004 Canoe Trip – Wallace Lake

The day started out predictably with Dad's attraction to bizarre adventures. Just as we were pulling onto the road...
May 15, 2004

Baldy, Mount

I was determined to bag a peak this weekend after three weekends of nothing. The problem was that there...
May 1, 2004

Fable, Mount

Fable has the reputation of being a long and boring hike with only partially worthwhile views once at the...
April 26, 2004

Gap Peak

For some reason this peak became quite popular as of late and a number of scramblers, including me, decided...
February 26, 2004

Pigeon Mountain

I woke up on a lovely morning in February and decided that work could wait. I was going to...
October 11, 2003

Narao Peak

Five of us pushing our heart rates into the stratosphere on a snowy, windy day on yet another slope...
October 10, 2003

Middle Sister (Hope Peak)

I wanted to finish the "scramble sisters" (Faith and Hope) this year and I just managed to squeak this...
October 3, 2003

Wedge, The

What a beautiful day!! I scrambled all year to enjoy a day like this! Due to a lingering cold...
September 5, 2003

Signal Mountain

Signal Mountain is easily done off the Skyline Trail backpacking route in Jasper National Park.